J.B. Pritzker is the incumbent Governor of Illinois. He is the heir to a hotel and real estate fortune. His sister Penny was the Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration.
Several people were running in the Republican Primary for
Governor. J.B. spent $24 Million, mostly his own money but some campaign contributions from others, to support one of the Republicans. This was Darren Bailey who was supported by, among others, Donald Trump. Pritzker presumably did this thinking Bailey would be the easiest to defeat in the general election.
Now Pritzker has started to pay for ads attacking Bailey.
Is this hypocrisy?
Looking at this historically, it is far from the first time a person running for office sought to help what he thought would be a weak candidate. However, the money involved this time is egregious.
An argument could be made that the $24 million was saying "vote for Bailey in the Republican primary" or alternatively "don't vote for Sullivan, Irvin. Rabine or Schimpf (the other candidates). Another argument could be that Pritzker never said, "Bailey will be a great governor, better than the incumbent". I would have to look at all the ads to be able to evaluate this and I doubt I'll be able to find them all.
So I am going to have to let this be a 'no conclusion'. Still the amount of dollars involved is stunning.
The first image is from Pritzker's wikipedia page. The second is from a web site claiming that Pritzker weighs 187 pounds.
That site is:
https://mddailyrecord.com/jb-pritzker-net-worth-girlfriend-wife-kids-height-weight-age-gay-bio-2021-2022-2023
Other information for this is from the site below.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-runs-ad-attacking-gop-opponent-asking-who-e2-80-99s-funding-his-campaign-e2-80-93-after-giving-him-2424-million-in-primary/ar-AA10eG9V
